#C9821E#C9821E

#C9821E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.136 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9821E
RGB	rgb(201, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 85%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 85.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 19.98, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 63.10, 71.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0492 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.136 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3070, 28.4797, 5.0237)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9821E #1E65C9

analogous

#C92D1E #C9821E #BAC91E

triadic

#C9821E #1EC982 #821EC9

tetradic

#C9821E #1EC92D #1E65C9 #C91EBA

square

#C9821E #1EC92D #1E65C9 #C91EBA

split-complementary

#C9821E #1EBAC9 #2D1EC9

monochromatic

#5E3D0E #946016 #C9821E #E3A041 #EBBB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C9821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#C9821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9821E

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9821E	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.136 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a665',
    500: '#c9821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9821e;
$custom-light: #e0a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.088,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66526,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9821E

secondary

#7199D2

accent

#84F137

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F06

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9821E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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